We had a great time at family day in our pirate community. We released balloons into boats in the middle of the lake and they came back. The only complaint I would have is that it was very difficult to keep the little balloons in place and took me several failed attempts. I highly recommend getting a handy multi-balloon device that fills 30 balloons at a time. Also use them in the same season because we tried to use some of them from last year and they practically fell apart when we filled them.